Posted on 02/22/2022 4:36:56 PM PST by Mariner
President Biden said Tuesday that it is "critical" his administration works to tamp down any rise in gas prices in the U.S. due to Russian troops deployments in Ukraine and Western sanctions against the move.
“I want to limit the pain the American people are feeling at the gas pump. This is critical to me,” Biden said in remarks at the White House.
He announced that the U.S. would sanction Russian sovereign debt and Russian elites as well as Russian bank VEB and its military bank in response to Moscow's deployment of troops to regions in eastern Ukraine.
“As we respond, my administration is using every tool at our disposal to protect American businesses and consumers from rising prices at the pump,” he said.
“As I said last week, defending freedom will have costs for us as well and here at home. We need to be honest about that. But as we do this, I’m going to take robust action to make sure the pain of our sanctions is targeted at the Russian economy, not ours,” he added.
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The only spare capacity in the world is the US, Saudis, Iran and Russia.
If Russia shuts the tap the damage will be severe to Europe. And just plain ol bad here.
Drill, Baby, Drill!
“my administration is using every tool at our disposal to protect American businesses and consumers from rising prices at the pump”
Total BS.
Not a single word, no mention at all of turning on the spigots. He and the dims caused this, not Putin.
If the goofball had not canceled pipelines and curtailed production here, we would not be in this mess.
Lying diaper full of sh!t
Noticed today that local [nw Arkansas] gas prices passed the $3/gal mark, up to $3.11.
It had dropped some, into the $2.69 range a couple of weeks ago.
Well he sure demonstrated that by shutting down our own pipelines, cancelling numerous domestic production operations, and then on top of that, approving Russian pipelines so they can gobble up additional market share and make us the world - including us - dependent on them.
I thought POTUS had nothing to do with prices at the pump. That’s what they told us from 2017-21.
I think it’s critical that Biden shut the hell up.
Medication time for Jojo.
35 more months…
Like Trump said today online Biden is mucking the energy situation up something awful with his Russia-Ukraine approach.
“I want to limit the pain the American people are feeling at the gas pump. This is critical to me,” Biden said in remarks at the White House.
You caused the pain!
The things he wants to limit are:
- Falling poll numbers
- Scrutiny on illegal payments to Hunter and Big Guy
- Coverage of his and his party's failures
As John Kerry said, we need regime change.
That horse left the barn a while back.
Shove it, Bidenhole.
And take the rest of your smelly compatriots with you.
“my administration is using every tool at our disposal to protect American businesses and consumers from rising prices at the pump”
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Total BS.
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Yes, it is pure BS. But I will not be surprised if he slaps “price controls” on evil domestic producers.
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